When the British ship "The Manasso" sunk 90 years ago, and despite the survival of some of its passengers and the death of 16 others, it was considered a "cursed" ship.
Many thought at that time and during the search for it in Lake Huron, Canada, after sinking in 1928, that it would not be found because it was "cursed".
For the past nine decades, the site of the damned ship has remained obscure, before it was found recently under the waters of a Canadian lake, and still has some "precious" cargo inside it, the Mirror newspaper reported.
On the night of her sinking, at 2 am on September 14, 1928, the ship encountered a storm and sank before reaching the lake shore, but the direct cause of her sinking was unknown.
It was thought that her load of cattle, 116 cows, might have helped sink her after being weighed down by weight.
The remains of no one or even an animal were found in the ship's wreckage, but a 1927 Chevrolet Coupe was found, along with a bicycle, but covered by sea shells.
After her sinking, her captain, with four sailors and one of the passengers on board, boarded a lifeboat. They kept moving in the lake for 60 hours to find a passing steamer, but the ship's engineer had died before being found.
The ship, built in Glasgow in 1888, has been in operation for 39 years since it sank, despite ongoing research efforts.
According to historian Chris Cole, when the ship started operating it was called "Makasa", but when it moved to another company, it was renamed "Manassu".
Cole said there was a belief among seafarers that if the name of a ship was changed, the person who changed the name or ship itself might face "bad luck" or become "cursed".
When the new owners of the ship from Lake Ontario were transferred to Lake Huron in early 1928, they also changed their name and remained under that name for less than a year before it sank in September 1928.
The sinking incident underscored the "bad luck" of the ships after the ship's name changed, said Cole, whose location near Griffith Island, Ontario, lies 200 feet deep.
